| Zhu Yihai 朱以海 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent of the Southern Ming dynasty | |||||||||
| Tenure | 7 September 1645 – March or April 1653 | ||||||||
| Prince of Lu (魯) | |||||||||
| Tenure | 1644–1662 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Zhu Yipai, Prince An | ||||||||
| Successor | Zhu Honghuan | ||||||||
| Born | (1618-07-06)6 July 1618 Wanli 46, 15th day of the 5th month (萬曆四十六年五月十五日) Ziyang County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong,Ming dynasty (present-dayYanzhou District,Jining,Shandong, China) | ||||||||
| Died | 23 December 1662(1662-12-23) (aged 44) Yongli 16, 13th day of the 11th month (永曆十六年十一月十三日) Kinmen Islands, Simingzhou,Kingdom of Tungning (present-dayKinmen,Fukien, Taiwan) | ||||||||
| Burial | Prince of Lu's Tomb | ||||||||
| Issue |
| ||||||||
| |||||||||
| House | Zhu | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Southern Ming | ||||||||
| Father | Zhu Shouyong, Prince Su of Lu | ||||||||
| Mother | Lady Wang | ||||||||
Zhu Yihai (Chinese:朱以海;pinyin:Zhū Yǐhǎi; 1618–1662),courtesy nameJuchuan (巨川),art nameHengshan (恆山) andChangshizi (常石子), was a regent of theSouthern Ming dynasty from 1645 to 1653.
Zhu Yihai was born in 1618, during the 46th year of the reign of theWanli Emperor of theMing dynasty. A son ofZhu Shouyong, he was a ninth-generation descendant (the same generation as theTaichang Emperor) of Zhu Tan,Prince Huang of Lu, tenth son of theHongwu Emperor.
The mansion of the Prince of Lu was located atYanzhou. TheQing forces had attacked Yanzhou and destroyed the mansion. At that time, the peerage of Prince of Lu was succeeded by Zhu Yihai's eldest brother,Zhu Yipai. After the Qing invaded, Zhu Yipai committed suicide along with two of his brothers, Zhu Yixing (朱以洐) and Zhu Yijiang (朱以江).
After his brother's suicide, Zhu Yihai was enfeoffed as the 11th Prince of Lu by theChongzhen Emperor. After four days he succeeded his peerage,Li Zicheng attackedBeijing and he fled to southern China.
The Prince of Lu was part of the resistance against the invadingQing dynasty forces. His primary consort, Lady Chen, committed suicide during the impending fall of the Ming. The location of her suicide can still be found on theisland of Zhoushan.
In 1651 he fled to the island ofKinmen, which in 1663 was taken over by the invading force.[1] His grave was discovered on the island in 1959 (The "Tomb Inscription of the Ming Dynasty Prince Lu" (皇明監國魯王壙志)), which disproved the theory advanced by the 18th-centuryHistory of Ming that he was killed byKoxinga. His eighth son,Zhu Honghuan (朱弘桓), married the fourth daughter of Koxinga and went to live in theKingdom of Tungning Taiwan under the protection ofZheng Jing, his brother-in-law and worked as a farmer.[2] Another Ming prince who accompanied Koxinga to Taiwan wasZhu Shugui, Prince of Ningjing.
After the surrender of the Kingdom of Tungning, the Qing sent the 17 Ming princes still living on Taiwan back to mainland China where they spent the rest of their lives.[3] Including Zhu Honghuan.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Zhu Yihai Born: 6 July 1618 Died: 23 December 1662 | ||
| Chinese royalty | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Zhu Yipai, Prince An | Prince of Lu (魯) 1644–1662 | Succeeded by Zhu Honghuan |
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
